Petition calls for Prince Harry to give up royal titles
A little over 25,000 people so far have signed a petition calling for Prince Harry to give up all of his royal titles so he may indulge his personal beliefs without consequences from or for the royal family.
Started by royal expert, Lady Colin Campbell, she stated that the purpose of the Change.org appeal is to invite Prince Harry to “voluntarily” ask the Queen to put his “royal style, titles and rank into abeyance.”
“As a purely private citizen, with no royal rank, style or title, he (Harry) will be able to indulge his personal beliefs, as is the right of all private citizens, without the consequential possibility of damaging the institution of the Monarchy or relations between Friendly Powers, and will be free to articulate beliefs, no matter how objectionable, without the fallout that is otherwise inevitable as long as he possesses royal status,” she wrote in the description.
Ms Campbell, who is the author of the book, Meghan and Harry: The Real Story informed The Daily Star: "I started it (the petition) because I think it’s the right thing to do.”
“I have spoken to people, many people, who think it’s the right thing to do and it is the solution,” she said.
"It is the best solution because it frees Harry to be able to indulge himself without consequence and without doing damage to the institution of the monarchy of the British nation, the British people and himself,” the 71-year-old biographer says.
Ms Campbell went on to claim Harry “doesn’t need” the royal titles as “he is too big for them now” and he “still gets publicity and attention.”
"They (Harry and Meghan) will still be able to sell their brand, capitalise upon their identity, but at least it will be in a way there can be no confusion about the fact that he is doing it as an individual and not as a member of the royal family that has duties to the nation and to the people of this nation,” the writer said.
Senior aides at Buckingham Palace also publicly asked Meghan and Harry to give up their titles earlier this month, in light of the Duke of Sussex’s latest tell-all interview.
Despite making it clear he had no ill will against his family, senior royals were allegedly left baffled by his “disgraceful” and “woeful lack of compassion” when Harry guest starred on an episode of Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast.
The 36-year-old royal admitted to Mr Shepard that he and Meghan moved to the United States to break the cycle of “genetic pain.”
When speaking about his dad, Prince Charles, Harry said: “He’s treated me the way that he was treated.
“There’s a lot of genetic pain and suffering that gets passed on anyway.
“Isn’t life about breaking the cycle? There’s no blame.”
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